gruesome
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There are also concerns about the gruesome foot blisters that hampered Djokovic.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
It’s an example that underscores how our gruesome microbial adversaries are not, after all, very old.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
But she suffered a gruesome fracture of her wrist in late 2024, then crashed heavily at the end of a World Cup race in Georgia in March last year.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
At its peak, there were over 6,000 Shakers, joining Ann in rebuking the gruesome, incalculable evils of war and preaching moral generosity.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025
It was an impossibly complex and gruesome plan, likely beyond the powers of anyone to execute, but his description is noteworthy for what it revealed, without his intention, about his astigmatic soul.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing gruesome
The Devil's Arithmetic
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